Join Us Live Today at 12p EST
almost 8 years ago – Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 05:19:29 AM

Let's Hang Out and Chat Crickets

Today, July 23, at 12p EST we are hosting our first Instagram live session. We invite our backers and larger community to come together where we'll talk about cricket nutrition and global sustainability. Curious about how cricket protein stacks up against other alternative proteins? Or eager to know which chef recipe is our absolute favorite? Jump in with your burning questions and we'll answer them live. 

To join, just click on the link below or find us @seekfood today at 12p EST. Plus, we have an exciting project update to share with you too! 

P.S. We also want to share these fun food-focused Kickstarter campaigns with you! 

Fossil Fuel | High performance plant-based donuts that are great for the keto and paleo diets. Enjoy the lasting energy of Fossil Fuel's KPV Performance Donuts to start your life free from bull-sugar today. Check out their campaign here. 

Rocket Ovens Documentary | Build an oven powered by just a few twigs from your yard. The carbon footprint is about 1% that of an electric oven. Work with your hands, while being self sustainable and environmentally responsible. Check out their campaign here. 

Brew Cube | Perfect for the summer, Brew Cube is an incredible new way to make a weeks worth of smooth delicious cold brew coffee at home with perfect timing and automatic filtering. Check out their campaign here.

New Chefs Added + We're In Bon Appetit
almost 8 years ago – Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 12:23:00 PM

More Chefs means More Recipes for You!

Today, we are beyond honored to add three new incredible chefs to our growing team of culinary professionals who will all be contributing a recipe to our cookbook. 

Carrie Baird | As a season 15 Top Chef finalist, Carrie quickly became the crowd favorite with her classic Colorado cooking. Carrie is the Executive Chef / Partner at Bar Dough in Denver, Colorado and studied culinary arts at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu. She focuses on sustainable and responsibly sourced foods and works closely with local farmers and ranchers to develop her menus. She gave us some hints to what she is going to make with our flours, and we know it's going to quickly become your favorite go to recipe!

Alison Roman | Alison is one of the hottest names in food today with her much talked about "Dining In" cookbook, that Goop calls, "Drool-worthy yet decidedly unfussy food." A former Bon Appetit Editor, Alison recently joined the New York Times as a food columnist. We are proud to not only have a delicious Alison Roman recipe in our cookbook, but to also count her as one of our advisors (that's right, we've been consulting Alison on crickets as far back as 2015).

Evan Hanczor | Widely recognized for his commitment to sustainable agriculture at his lauded Brooklyn restaurant, Egg and Catskills farm, Evan is also the winner of the Rising Stars Award by Star Chefs. Evan is also a cookbook co-author and avid reader and poet. In addition to Evan's contribution to our cookbook, you can also get excited for another delicious collaboration that we're cooking up for later in the year (and guess what, you're invited!).

Plus, if today couldn't get even better, Bon Appetit Magazine stopped by De Maria to check out Chef Adriana Urbina's Spiced Plantain Cake made with our Gluten-Free Cricket Powder. It is on the menu now at her NYC-based restaurant and almost looks to beautiful to eat. 

Today, the world of cricket protein has officially taken a big step forward-- we've been recognized by mainstream media and top chefs alike. Now, to fully realize the potential of this nutritious and sustainable alternative protein comes down to you. Please help by sharing this campaign, so more people can be part of the movement and enjoy our awesome rewards! 

P.S. If you love cookbooks like we do, you should check out the Kickstarter campaign for CKBK. Backing this campaign will get you unlimited access to a curated collection of hundreds of the world's best cookbooks including more than 100,000 recipes.

Backer-only Blueberry PB Banana Bread Recipe from Chef Laura Lea
almost 8 years ago – Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 11:45:14 AM

This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read.

We're Having a Party + You're Invited!
almost 8 years ago – Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 09:05:21 AM

Let's Celebrate our Kickstarter Launch Together! 

We want to allow our amazing community to try some of our chef recipe contributions and enjoy a panel discussion on cricket protein. The event will take place next Tuesday, July 17th at Ludlow House in NYC. Space is extremely limited, so please email [email protected] to confirm your space! And not to worry, if you can't make it to this one, we have some other fun things up our sleeves :) 

New Stretch Goals Unlocked!
almost 8 years ago – Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 04:55:03 AM

As promised, because trust is everything, we are happy to share our new stretch goals with you! 

Our team is still glowing from all your incredible support yesterday! We sailed past our goal in just 7 hours! Now we’re dreaming bigger and can't wait to share our new stretch goals with you (these will also be listed on the campaign page).

We are now trying to raise $50K!

If we reach our new goal of $50K, we will be able to distribute our flours to more stores across the country and extend our collaborations with chefs! We want to bring you the absolute most inspiring and tasty foods with crickets and we want our products to reach you wherever it is that you live! As a special reward, if we cross this threshold, we will offer our EAT. SEEK. FOOD. sticker to everyone who donates $10 and up! You can rest assured that this is an eco-friendly sticker too! It is printed on 100% (PWC) recycled paper, which uses 75% less water, which is also Forest Stewardship Council Certified! Plus, the inks are all soy and vegetable based.

And get ready, because each time we pass a new goal, we will unlock a new reward and explain how your support will help our company grow. Let’s keep the momentum going!

If you haven't already, we would love if you shared this campaign with your friends and family - in person, on social media, over email or the old fashioned way by picking up the phone.

There were also two more great press articles that came out yesterday, so again for your reading delight, here they are:

Edible Brooklyn  Some of the City’s Best Chefs Have Developed Cricket Flour Recipes—Try This One (yes, they unveil one of our recipes!)

Cool Hunting Acclaimed chefs and bakers offer insight on for new high protein, sustainable powders

Thank you all so much!